TEA 122 THY Tea-leaves. P. 44, f. 34. Tea-plant. P. 44, f. 34. Teazel. The head or seed-vessel of a species of Thistle. P. 45, f. 6. Temple. Borne by the name of Temple. P. 23, f. 26. Templars. See Knights Templars. Tenas, or more properly Tenans. A term applied to inanimate objects on the side of the shield, but not touch- ing it. Tenant, holding. A term to express that the shield is held by one man or beast. Supporters, when there are two. Tenantee, or Tenanted. See Cross Tenantee. P. 10, f. 36. Tench. A fish. P. 32, f. 14. Texne. The same as Tawny. It is liy some heralds called Brusk ; and in engraving, it is expressed by diagonal lines drawn from sinister chief points, and traversed by hori- zontal ones. P. I. Tent. P. 40, f. 25. Figure 26 is a Tent as bcrne by Lindsey, viz., A Tent az. fringed and semee of stars cr, ensigned with a pennon gu. See also Pavilion and Sperver. Tent-Royal, or Royal Tent. P. 40, f. 27. Tenter-hooks, two different shapes. P. 41, f. 24. Tergant, or Tergiant. The same as Recursant. Terras, or Terrasse. The representa- tion of a piece of ground at the base of the shield, and generally vert. Terrestrial Globe. See Globe, and P. 39, f. 2 and 5. Terwhitt. a Lapwing. P. 33, ^ f. 55- Teste a la Queve, Quise, or Queue. Three fishes, etc., lying one upon the other, so that the head of each is between the other two, may be blazoned two fishes, in saltire, de- bruised by another in pale, the tail erect. It is also called a Trien of fishes, lying cross, the heads and tails interchangeably josed ; it is also termed Testes aux queues, i.e. heads to tails. P. 32, f. 25. Tete. The head. Tetragonal Pyramids. Piles are generally considered to represent wedges ; but they are sometimes borne triangular, and also square, in which latter case they may be termed square piles, or tetragonell pyramids reversed. P. 6, f. 40, Text-Letters are borne in several- Coats of Arms. See Letters. Thatch-Rake. An instrument used in thatching, P. 39, f. 12, borne by the name of Zakesley. Thatcher's Hook. Same as Thatch- Rake. Themis. The Goddess of Justice. P. Theutons, Teutonic, German, Tholose, or Thoulouse Cross. P. 8, f. 39. Thigh-bone. See Shin-bone. Thistle. The Badge of Scotland. P. 3, f. 21. Thistle, slipped and leaved. P. 44, f. 5. Thistle, Order of. See Knighthood. Thoison, or Toison d'or. The golden fleece. P. 22, f. 29, Thomas, St. Cross of. P. 8, f. 28, with an escallop in centre. Thong. A strap of leather for fasten- ing anything ; also the lash of a scourge. P. 42, f. 41. Thorn Tree. P. 45, f. 42. Thorn, Crown of. P. 43, f. 3. Thorr's Hammer, Fylfot, or Gam- madion. q.v. Thoulouse-Cross. The Crosses at P. 8, f. 36 and 39 are both so termed by Randle Holme. Three, Two, and One. Terms to denote the position of six charges, viz. : Three in chief, two in fesse, and one in base. P. 2, f. 39. Three. Three charges of any kind on a field are always placed two and one, P. 22, f. 45, unless otherwise described as three stirrups in pale. P. 14, f. 43. Three-quartered, or In train aspect. Shewing three fourths of an animal. Threstle, or Trestle. A hawk's perch. P. 43, f. 18. Throughout. Extending to the sides of the escutcheon as a Cross Pattee throughout. P. 9, f. 7. Thrush. A song bird. P. 34, f. 45. Thunder, Cross of. P. 37, f. 43. Thunderbolt. The emblem of Jupiter. P. 37, f. 44. It is sometimes blazoned Jupiters Thunder- bolt. Thyrsus. A rod surmounted with a fir-cone, or a bunch of vine leaves or ivy, with grapes or berries, carried by Bacchus, and the vSatyrs, Msenads, and others, during the celebration of religious rites. Beneath the garland or fir-cone the Tl.vrsus ends in the